Eaton Family History
Eaton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the numerous places so named
from Old English ea ‘river’ or eg ‘island’,
‘low-lying land’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Eaton Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Eaton families
 413 - 824  138 - 412 |
 1 - 137  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Eaton families
|
653 - 1,303 218 - 652 |
1 - 217 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Eaton families
|
45 - 87 16 - 44 |
1 - 15 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Eaton Family Origin
Eaton Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Eaton
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Eaton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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